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melamori03 [73]
3 years ago
9

Identify the italicized word as gerund or participle

English
1 answer:
Luda [366]3 years ago
6 0
I think that the italicized word is "trained" as it's a participle and there is no other participle or gerund! A participle is a verb form that can be used to modify a noun.
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